Asia. Will the president get more help from china in reining in north korea . We will take a closer look this morning. Hows minority whip steve cusco lease joining us with his take on the tax reform bill and also i will ask him about breaking news overnight. Dozens of highranking officials arrested in saudi arabia in an anticorruption crackdown by the countrys future kang. Included saudi prince. We are looking ahead right now on sunday morning futures. In the next two weeks we are expecting get the senates version of the tax plan. Republicans are putting on a fullcourt press this week after the house g. O. P. Put out the details for their tax reform plan. The measure described by some as the most sweeping changes to our tax system in decades. Vice president mike pence was in york pennsylvania yesterday to help sell the plan to small business. After his speech he sat down with the foreign exclusive interview. The Vice President said the measure is a great starting point but they are going to be some changes before it gets to the president s desk for signage signage. Vice president thank you for sitting down with me. You bet maria. Maria mankiw released a plan in you been meeting with the senate regularly. Are you expecting the senate plan to be much different from what the house presented as far as tax reform . From early this year we been in continuous discussions with leaders in the house and the senate to develop a framework for President Trumps plan for tax cuts and tax reform and we fully anticipate that when the senate bill comes forward it will reflect on the president s framework and there will be changes between the two and changes in the course of the legislative process but we think the house bill is a great start. We look forward to the senate bringing forward its tax cut will but the key here is that whatever is accomplished reflects the president s commitment to cutting taxes on working families, Small Businesses and family farms, having a middleclass miracle in the midst of this cutting taxes on businesses to. , cutting taxes on pastors to 25 of simplifying the tax code so nine out of 10 americans will be able to file taxes on a single piece of paper. The details we will continue to work through the legislative process but President Trumps framework has been driving the development of this legislation from the outset and will continue to drive our negotiations. Maria i want to ask you about that idea but first theres speculation that the senate plan will include a phasing in about 20 corporate rate that corporations wont see 20 until 2022. Do you believe in that plan . President trumps made it very clear that he wants to see taxes on traditional corporations socalled C Corporations reduced to 20 and he has taken a firm position. I think we believe it has to happen and we are going to drive and drive hard. Look this economy is starting to take off. We are seeing the second consecutive quarter with 3 growth. We have seen the stock market setting records one day after another. Nearly 5 trillion in wealth has been created in President Trump police for him to sustain the growth in the days ahead you got to let the American People keep more of their hardearned dollars. You have to have tax cuts for middle class americans that the president has been driving for but also we have to lower taxes on american businesses. We have to do it quickly so businesses like in york pennsylvania we have heard from will be able to invest those dollars in wages and hiring more employees and the kind of growth that will create more jobs. Maria why would anybody do that if they were getting a cut for five years . Thats right in the president is committed rather than longterm appreciation on equipment. We really think we are added enormously opportune moment in the life of this economy. Optimism is abounding all over the country. Unemployment is at a 17 year low. More americans are working than ever before in our nations history and that is why President Trump and i believe now is precisely the time to pass historic tax relief for individuals and businesses and pass the simplification of our tax code that will save people millions of hours and billions of dollars in compliance. Maria you are right. Let me ask you mr. Vice president can you explain the marginal tax rate on earnings between 1. 2 and 1. 6 million . Thats a part of the house proposal thats been talked about and i know the intention of house leadership was to recapture the lower bracket savings for low income americans. But thats a tax increase. Let me say we think the house bill is a great start but at the end of the day the American People can come and President Trump is going to drive this legislation forward into what we expect to be a Conference Committee negotiations in the month of december and we are going to make sure that we have tax relief acrosstheboard for working families and Small Businesses and farmers and ranchers and we are going to make sure that while its not going to necessarily lower taxes on upper income americans we are going to make sure it deals with upper income americans in a fair and equitable way. Maria you think that may be changed in committee, 46 . Well i dont want to negotiate it now but look we really do believe the house of representatives has come forward with a good bill. Its a great starting reflects the overall framework of President Trump has laid out. When the senate brings forward its legislation and as we go into negotiations in the month of december the president is going to continue to drive. We want the tax relief tube at the middleclass americans and we want to tax relief to benefit businesses so more jobs can be created and wages can arise and we want to see the kind of simplification that will lift a tremendous burden off of the American People. The combination of that framework and making sure companies can bring dollars in debt are trapped overseas to create jobs here in pennsylvania and all over america, those will be the driving forces in the details of part of the negotiations Going Forward. Maria i totally understand what youre saying that some people are saying the people that are actually paying the tax are not getting a tax cut so if you look at the top 10 of earners, the top 10 pay right now more than 70 of the tax so where you actually cutting taxes on people who dont take tax . Shouldnt you be cutting taxes on the people who pay tax . I think the president very much wants to see this tax cut focused on middleclass americans and we believe we are going to see a significant tax reduction for working families. When you take the standard deduction for couples and take that to 24,000, the first 24,000 in income is taxfree. The house bill doesnt raise the rate. I know the map you talk about doesnt raise the rate from 39. 6. Maria by 45. 6 raises the rate. The president wants to see a slower the rate on working families and expand the child tax will benefit the ability to transfer businesses and family farms from one generation to the next that the intention here is not to raise taxes maria. The intention is to focus the tax relief on the middleclass and we believe that the plan unveiled by the house, the plan that will soon be unveiled by the senate reflects that guiding principle of President Trumps framework for tax cuts and will continue to drive forward on that. Maria with all the things we are talking about whether its the 25. 6 rate or removing the deduction for state and local tax that affects middle income taxes in the northeast you see people with a higher tax rate as a result of eliminating that deduction. Is there room for compromise . He been your own party says it doesnt reflect republican principles of tax cutters . There is always room for compromise with what the president is not going to compromise is his determination to see this Congress Pass historic tax cuts and pass them this year and the president is also absolutely committed maria to make sure as he says this is the middleclass miracle. The majority of the tax relief benefits working families and working americans and creating businesses that can create jobs for working americans. The details will be worked out is this legislation goes forward and i know there has been an attempt to address those issues already in the house of unveiled legislation but the driving principle here will be while upper income americans probably stay where they are at at the end of the day we want to see middleclass americans benefit and we want to see businesses and job creators like those we heard in pennsylvania be able to benefit and create jobs and make the investments that will grow our economy. Maria in a moment more of my exclusive interview with Vice President mike pence. I asked him if he personally agrees with a higher rate for the top earners and they got to check out air force two with the Vice President as well. Follow me on twitter at maria bartiromo. Steve scalise and Tom Macarthur coming up. We are looking ahead today with sunday morning features. More ahead with Vice President mike pence. What started as a passion. Has grown into an enterprise. Thats why i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. Now, im earning unlimited 2 cash back on every purchase i make. Everything. Whats in your wallet . Grandmas. Aunt stacys. What are the reasons you care for your heart . Qunol coq10 with 3x better absorption has the 1 cardiologist recommended form of coq10 to support heart health. Qunol, the better coq10. Maria welcome back we are talking taxes this morning to some new York Lawmakers told me they will vote no for the house g. O. P. Tax bill. As Vice President mike pence in this exclusive if he believes they have the votes to get this passed the finish line and even if pushback on higher rates for some americans. Vice president mike pence would you agree to a 45. 6 rate for the highest earners . I support the president s commitment to keep the top argento rate at or the 9. 6 and we are going to continue to drive toward that. Because the president wants to see marginal rates lowered on middleclass americans, on working families and i think at the end of the day this process comes to fruition the American People are going to not only the largest tax cut in American History but they are also going to see a tax cut that really focuses on empowering working americans to be able to have more dollars in their pockets, empowering businesses large and small to be able to invest and create jobs and i look forward to supporting it and champing it all over the country. Maria do you expect mobility as a result of this plan . In other words some people are saying theres going to be a mad exodus out of new york because why would someone in new york say the looting that deduction now my rate is 53 when you account for state and local taxes and not go to florida where they can get a 25 rated no income tax . Do you think people will leave some of these high state taxes and will the elimination of the deduction pressure governors to make change . Well that would be a good question for an economist and the simple fact is there are some very high tax states in the country. They have benefited by those deductions in the past but i think what the president wants to see is look for ways that we can simplify the tax code and the weak and lower taxes on working families and let me be clear we think the house bill that was unveiled last week is a great start. We look forward to the introduction of the Senate Legislation in the next several days but as we go forward the president s focus is all about jobs. Its all about the middleclass. Its all about making sure people have more dollars in their pockets and businesses have more resources and a growing economy i believe is going to benefit people in our big states in our small states and everywhere in between. Merion maria let me ask you about the road to passage. I could tell you the president and i continue to be hopeful and we continue to reach out in a bipartisan way to leaders in the house and the senate. When you look at when president kennedy passed historic tax cuts when president reagan passed historic tax cuts and those were bipartisan bills. President trump has been meeting with and breaking bread with democrats in the senate and in the house looking for ways that we can go Forward Together but we want to go forward in a way that reflects President Trumps framework for tax reform. Its focused on the middleclass, its focused on job creators and businesses who have more dollars to invest and create jobs and its focused on simplification. Democrats who will join us in that we will welcome them and will be grateful for their support. Maria if you dont have the votes it doesnt matter how great the plan is. I know a few new yorkers who will vote no because of the elimination of the deduction of state and local income tax. Do you think you have the votes . Well we are optimistic at this point. I have to tell you maria i have never seen the level of immunity and enthusiasm among republicans on capitol hill. And their commitment to passing historic tax cuts for the American People. Look this economy is starting to grow. Even despite the hurricanes and the wildfires in areas of her country in the last month we still saw more than 3 growth in the Third Quarter following on 3 growth in the second quarter. I think theres a real understanding that with the right kind of tax cuts we can have the kind of sustained growth that takes us well beyond 3 that has this economy growing back at a level of 3. 5 or even 4 . President donald trump, the American People have a leader who has boundless confidence in the American People and the capacity of the American Economy to grow, expanding create jobs and that enthusiasm and that unity gives us great confidence as we move forward in the house, move forward in the senate and negotiations in december. Before christmas President Trump is going to have historic tax cuts on his desk and be able to sign them into law. Merion more on my exclusive interview with Vice President mike pence. Coming up we are discussing why he thinks tax reform will help American Families and also we are getting to other issues. Stay with us on that but first take a look inside air force two. I got a chance to set up their as they landed. It was pretty exciting. More on that interview exclusive right here on sunday morning features, next. Meet grant. His family. His steinway, which met a burst pipe. So grant met his insurance you are caller number 12. Which didnt quite cover the steinway. But what if hed met pure insurance . Owned by members. Hed have met lisa, your member advocate. Whod introduce him to gustav, a temporary address, and help him get tickets to the mozart festival. Excuse me, grant likes beethoven uh, the beethoven festival. Pure. Love your insurance. Maria welcome back the g. O. P. Tax plan makes changes to some of the most popular deductions and credits for millions of American Families that many republicans including Vice President mike pence a middleclass taxpayers will see the most benefits. Watch. Theres a conversation taking place about family values as well about the adoption credit being taken away the interested Student Loans eliminating medical deductions for middle income families. What is your take on that . I think when you began by doubling the standard exemption, to say that every working family and american alike here and york pennsylvania gore first 20 thousand dollars for income for your family is completely taxfree. When you increase the per child tax credit. Families already have a running start on real tax relief and the kind of growth in wages that we believe will occur with the right kind of business tax cuts. We estimate here in pennsylvania that after all these tax cuts takes it as fact that working people here in pennsylvania will see a 4000dollar pay raise on an annual basis. We think the right kind of tax cuts, the tax cuts President Trumps calling for are going to be a real winner for working families and we look forward to championing them on capitol hill and driving that tax cut bill all the way to the president s desk. Maria the president on an important trip in asia reviewer that chairman of the usjapan dialogue. The president will meet with the president of china on monday. What can he accomplish on this trip and what would he like to see them come away with and of course in terms of getting china to be more help full in reining in north korea, kenny actually move the needle on that . The president has embarked on what we believe will be an historic trip to the asianpacific and its bringing with him a commitment to the alliances that we have in the region calling on her allies in south korea to australia to the philippines and to his meetings with president xi to continue to do all we can together to isolate north korea economically and diplomatically. I expect those will be in the forefront of the president s discussions when he starts in japan a little bit later today. But make no mistake about it, President Trumps going to be in the asiapacific that hes going to be talking about jobs and he tasks me after my trip to the region to engage in a Bilateral Dialogue with my counterpart in japan deputy Prime Minister off so about ways that we can address what is a 70 billiondollar trade deficit the United States has with japan to this day and i expect focusing on allowing american automobiles to have better access to the japanese market and american agriculture will have better access to the japanese market will be at their forefront of the discussion today. While the president is focused on bringing nations together to resolve the growing crisis that we face with the provocations of the Nuclear Program and Ballistic Missile program in north korea make no mistake about it, President Trumps going to be talking american jobs and talking about not just free trade but fair trade and better deals that will be a better deal for the american worker. Maria i know when he came back from middle east he said he did for an Million Dollars in deals. You expect him to do that kind of volume of deals . Well stay tuned. We have been doing work in anticipation of this and the president as you know has developed a strong relationship with president abe and president xi and president moon of south korea. While hes focused on Strategic Issues in Security Issues anybody who knows President Trump knows he will be focused on jobs and he will be focused on trade and in making sure these important relationships that we have also are winning trade relations. Think about that 70 billiondollar deficit with a 30 billiondollar deficit was south korea following the koreanu. S. Free trade agreement. The president i know is going to be talking with those leaders about leveling the Playing Field so that her trade relationships are a winner for american workers. Maria Vice President pants you mentioned security. The president would like to do away with the visa lottery. Is that something you want to see happen right away . Should this be part of a broader order immigration package . President trump and i at this week in the oval office with a number of senators and on a number of immigration issues where there be daca or the president s commitment to build a wall for Border Security and the president added to that list of this year his desire to see the end to the visa lottery program. That was the very means whereby the new york terrorist was able to gain access to this country. We need ultimately to move to a better system in this country. We ought to be asking the question of whether there needs of our communities and our economy and our Immigration Program but ending these lottery programs. Its important to President Trump and he is calling on congress to take action and take action this year to bring an end to that program even as we are calling on them to address the daca issue. The president said hes willing to in the midst of ending chain migration providing resources to build the wall and dividing all new funding for the kind of security that will make sure from our border to internal and force meant we have the ability to enforce the laws of this land. Maria you make it rate point the budget is half a trillion dollars, we have got to spend money on the military were given the new threats we are faced with and yet the deficit hawks are saying when are we going to get our arms around the debt and deficits . When does that become a priority and maybe its not a priority now the kuchar priority is growth that when it does it become a priority and what it does do attack entitlements . I can tell you from the first day of his administration President Trump has been telling every agency of the government to sharpen its pencil. All of our actions Going Forward represent this commitment for fiscally responsible spending but if you speak to President Trump about the issues of longterm debt and deficits he believes growth is the answer and thats the reason why i am here in pennsylvania. Thats the reason why members of our cabinet are spanning out across the country to take the case for a start tax cuts to the American People. Maria coming up more of my interview at the Vice President had asked mr. Pence what he thinks is president s trumps call on the Justice Department to investigate Hillary Clinton. Thats next on sunday morning futures, right here. [burke] abstract accident. Seen it. Covered it. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum when you think of miami you think of,you know,rich,glamour but 5 miles away from the beach theres people who have never seen a beach. I was confused why somebody was in this situation especially in america. 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We stand strong. United. Stand with us in caring for our veterans. Maria i sat down with Vice President mike pence and asked him what he thought about some of the criticism the president has received as a result. The president has been tweeting about the doj. People are scratching their heads. They dont understand. He is the president. Why does he have to tweet that the doj should look at this . Is it appropriate for the president to ask the department of justice to investigate his political enemy, Hillary Clinton . The one thing people here in pennsylvania like about President Trump is you always know where he stands. He speaks his mind and sometimes he tweets his mind and if the president says he was leaving on this trip to the asiapacific he thinks he would like to see the doj just do their job and i believe the American People understand that and respect that. As he travels overseas hes championing American Security and the champion for american jobs and trade deals as we continue to campus across this country. We are going to stay focused on issues that matter the most to the American People which are security and prosperity and i believe at the end of the day we are going to make america prosperous again and we are going to make america safe again. Maria is the doj doing their job . The president expressed you would like to see them do their job and a broad range of areas and i will leave it at that. I think he has expressed himself very clearly. Maria mr. Vice president my final question. Was one year ago this week you were voted into office. Congratulations. Have you changed . Has the president changed in these 10 months . Well you know its been an incredible experience for my whole family to be able to be part of this administration over the last year to be part of the Historic Campaign in states with like pennsylvania. This is a president who on election day 130 of 50 states, more counties since Ronald Reagan and literally turned the blue wall spread across the heartland of america. I think the great thing one year on is while there has been so much change for the good in america President Trump has not changed at all. I had someone stop me on a roof line the other day shook my hand and said dont those people in washington know that we dont want him to changed . The greatest thing about President Donald Trump is he continues to speak straight from his heart, straight from his mind and continues to drive forward and keep promises that he made to the American People and its the greatest honor of my life to be part of that. Maria thanks so much for joining us. My thanks to Vice President mike pence. In a moment the pushback to some republicans are raising concerns over the house bill. Up next i will talk to him your jayz congressman Thomas Macarthur and why hes not fully on board. 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My pleasure maria. Maria will you vote yes on this bill . Yes. You will be surprised because i heard the introduction but the reality is i spent the last three days actually looking at this 10,000dollar on property taxes and i came to the only conclusion i think anyone who who really looks at it can come too to and that is that we just got a huge win for middleclass taxpayers even in high tax states like mine. A 10,000dollar property tax cap covers the vast majority of people in my stayed in my Congressional District. Maria you know i wonder if this tax plan by eliminating that state and local deduction in keeping a little of the positive for taxpayers on the property tax and the dollars you were talking about i wonder overtime is that dictates the behavior of governors. At some point if people feel like they lose the deduction and they are paying more in taxes in new york and new jersey because they lost that state and local Tax Deduction they are going to blame the governor. They are going to move out of that state and blame the governor of that state for higher taxes. They may and theres no hype hype excuse for the high property taxes in my state of new jersey but this is what my tax plan does. It lowers rates dramatically for everybody. It allows homeowners to did that up to 10,000. I will give you an example, in my Congressional District of 151,000 taxpayers who claim that deduction last year according to what the irs sent me this week 147,000 of them were under 10,000. The 3000 that were over 10,000 most of those the vast majority of those were getting the alternative minimum tax which wiped out the reduction anyway maria so the reality is by capping it at 10,000 and eliminating the amt which hits a lot of people as they move up to to the uppermiddleclass this is a huge win for the american taxpayer including states like new jersey and new york and i have gone now pressing for a higher limit but thats what i think this limit is huge win for our party and for the American People. Maria you do have the plan in its entirety. You have to recognize that they take away the amt that there are other areas that do offset that elimination of state and local and again as i see it i do think that over time it dictates behavior and governors will feel more pressure to do the right thing. Let me ask you about the senate plan in what you are expecting when the seneca their hands on their own bill in terms of health care comment does the senate load this thing up . Do you think the senate plan will be similar to the house version . Well it will be similar. Certainly the framework was set months ago but my observation with the senate during the Health Care Debate and this has been said by others they had 51 perfect plans but none of them had a cosponsor. They have to Work Together. Each one of them things that their solution is the only solution. They have to Work Together and they have to realize whatever they pass it has to pass the house as well. Maria what about this phase in . We are hearing that the senate wants to phase in the 20 corporate rate. The president was very clear, red line 20 is the highest im going to go in terms of the corporate rate and we know thats going to trigger businesses to invest more in businesses and create more jobs that the senate wants to put this phase and where you are not seeing that 20 until 2022. That doesnt sound very encouraging to a business person looking to invest in their business. First of all i spent my whole life as a businessman and i ran a company with thousands of employees. I know what running a business is like and promising to cut taxes five years from now is like ringing a horse to water but not letting it drink. Thats just a idea. What we need to do is cut taxes now for businesses, let businesses pay higher wages and let them pay more people and let them invest in the plant and equipment and thats whats going to jumpstart this economy. On the other side let the American People keep more of their money. My state the house plan will cut taxes by an average of 3000 across my state. It will create 27,000 new jobs. Thats what we have to be driving here. Lets let the American People and thus more of their own money because either the American Families who have businesses invest in the economy or government here cretz decide. I will bet on the American People. Maria you have got to give this group credit. They are trying to effect change for the first time in 30 years. Congressman, great to see you. Thank you so much. More coming up on the tax plan with the majority whip Steve Scalise joining us live the First Time Since returning to congress after the shooting. Thats on sunday morning futures. More when we come back. Can make all the difference. It can provide what we call an unlock a realization that often reveals a better path forward. At wells fargo, its our expertise in finding this kind of insight that has lead us to become one of the largest investment and Wealth Management firms in the country. Discover how we can help find your unlock. If you have moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis or crohns, and your symptoms have left you with the same view, it may be time for a different perspective. If other treatments havent worked well enough, ask your doctor about entyvio, the only biologic developed and approved just for uc and crohns. 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Lets bring him in right now to talk about it. Thanks so much for joining us congressman scalise. Its so good to see you again. Its so great to be back with you maria. I missed you during those months. Maria congressmen we were so sad to watch what to place. I dont know if he realized you were on this program the sunday before that horrible situation. Tell us first off most importantly how are you doing congressman . Thanks so much for asking mario. Doing really well, recovering. Still have a lot of rehab to go to be able to walk on my own. Ive been watching walking on crutches and coming back to new orleans in being back with my family are things that are really special so its an exciting time to be back as well well. Maria we wish you only strength Going Forward. Congressman lets talk taxes here. You are back in the swing of things getting knee deep into this. You have heard the conversations we are having this morning. Whys it so hard for republicans to cut taxes . If you look at this bill is probably one of the most historic tax cuts ever and if you look at our tax code its so complicated and so outdated. Its been since Ronald Reagan was president that we have had this kind of tax cut plan and this will benefit the middle class and its going to allow us to bring jobs back to america to make america competitive again. There are a lot of good things for everybody in this bill. Most importantly we want to get the economy going again and nothing will do it quicker than passing the tax cuts and jobs bill. Maria i congratulate you and the members in the leadership are taking a at something that hasnt been done for 30 years because we know changing the tax code will in fact move the needle on Economic Growth. What im noticing though are these opportunities to come up with socalled payfors or opportunities to come up with ways to pay for the tax cuts and one of them is this little hidden gem i discovered this week in an thats the 45. 6 tax that the tax writers put in their on the income of 1. 211. 6 million. Thats a tax increase congressman. Are you going to change that . First of all maria the highest rate, nobody is increasing that. What some people are looking at is how quickly people move into the lower brackets so for most families the first 90,000 of your income will be taxed at the lowest rate. That will be a historic tax cut for the middle class plus we doubled the standard deduction from 12,000 up to 24,000. A big benefit to working families. When you are looking at higher income workers its not until the 25 rate that they start seeing that tax cut so they will get a tax cut. There is no 45 plus rate. What we are also doing again eliminating the alternative tax that helps a lot of people but we are cutting corporate rates. If you look at the corporate rate going down to 20 in our bill that will benefit the economy. All these companies that have moved overseas to jobs overseas they will come back. We repeal and a complete repeal of the death tax. That will benefit a lot of the people you were talking about as well as Small Businesses, family farms. Thats going to save some of the most egregious taxes. We get rid of it in our bill. Maria what i am referring to is the wall street journal wrote for Single Person earning 1 million the benefit of that 12 rate is phased out and its phased out by 6 on every 100 in income so the 12 rate relief has been clawed back. At the end of the date a married couple would face a 45. 6 marginal rate on earnings the 21. 2 and 1. 6 million congressman. I think they are looking at the one bracket from 1. 2 million to 1. 6 million but the highest rated in our bill is 39. 6 which is currently locked. There are more people who will be able to take advantage of lower rates even when you are a high income earners so if you look at that comparison to Ronald Reagans tax cuts, Ronald Reagans tax cuts did the same thing and again it lowered rates for everybody. They had a higher rate than ours but ultimately we lowered rates for everybody and when you talk about lowering the corporate rate to 20 getting rid of the death tax and minimum tax that benefits everybody. Definitely benefits middleclass families bluecollar workers more than anyone else but it helps jumpstart the economy. We have been struggling at less than 2 growth under barack obama. President trump came in and it has gone up because President Trumps done a great job at rolling back some of these regulations that if you talk about real Economic Growth and im not talking about 3 im talking about being able to approach 4 growth and more. Thats achievable under President Trump and his leadership in getting these tax cuts put into place immediately. Maria the regulatory story the fact that he is dropped regulation by 30 or more. Real quick congressman before you go i have to ask you about whats taken place in saudi arabia. The future king is jailed certain princes and ministers for corruption. I was just there and i just got back from saudi arabia and he told me about his new vision allowing women to drive and getting foreign capital into the country and even put in jail prints alpha lee. I know President Trump is close to the crown prince as well. I think if you see what President Trumps done on or in policy he is encouraged all of our allies to participate in a new democracy to continue to strengthen the democracy. Each country is different. Each country has culture changes that they have to go through to get there but i think you are saying us encourage all of our allies to continue to improve and is reaping benefits. Maria congressman thanks for joining us this morning. Its great being back area. Maria thank you Steve Scalise. Have a great weekend everybody. That will do it for us on sunday morning futures. On every purchase i make. Everything. Whats in your wallet . Howie President Trump still grappling with russia charges even as he urges the investigation of Hillary Clinton. The president says this is all fake news. This serious stuff. Its not false. Manafort and gates are charged with enough to put them in jail for the rest of their lives. There is no evidence of russian collusion or no evidence of russian collusion yet. 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